id:			152440
accession number:	1985.268
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.268
updated:		2024-04-26 11:04:06.143000

Hell Courtesan, 1871–89. Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889). Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk; image: 144.2 x 67.6 cm (56 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.); overall: 233.7 x 92.1 cm (92 x 36 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.268

title:				Hell Courtesan
title in original language:	地獄太夫図
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creation date:			1871–89
creation date earliest:		1871
creation date latest:		1889
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 144.2 x 67.6 cm (56 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.); Overall: 233.7 x 92.1 cm (92 x 36 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	artist's signature and two seals, lower right.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1985
	opening date:   1986-02-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1985</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

	title:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

	title:		Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2014-01-15T00:00:00
	<i>Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).

	title:		Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
	opening date:   2022-04-08T04:00:00
	<i>Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-12-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (June 3, 2016–January 10, 2017).', 'opening_date': '2016-06-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Nathan Chaikin, Switzerland, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara</em> [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 146, cat. no. 99
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	<em>Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> [クリーブランド美術館展: 名画でたどる日本の美Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 23, p. 73
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IMAGES

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